Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 10th February 2022

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1) The Reserve Bank of India would observe February 14 to18, 2022 as the Financial Literacy week 2022. What is the theme of the financial literacy week?

(a) Digitally Secured Payments

(b) Advanced Digital Payments

(c) Go Digital, Go Payments

(d) Advanced Digital Inclusion

(e) Go Digital, Go Secure


2) India has Targeted 1.2 Billion Ton Coal Production by which of the following year?

(a) 2022-23

(b) 2023-24

(c) 2024-25

(d) 2022-24

(e) 2022-25


3) The Centre has allocated ________ LMT food grains to all States/UTs under the Atma Nirbhar Bharat Scheme.

(a) 5

(b) 6

(c) 7

(d) 8

(e) 9


4) _________ and USAID has been Collaborated to Accelerate Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship in India.

(a) NITI Aayog

(b) Council of Scientific & Industrial Research

(c) Ministry of Health and Family welfare

(d) Ministry of Science and technology

(e) Ministry of Women and Child Development


5) The NITI Aayog has announced 5 most improved aspirational districts in Agriculture,Water Resources sector. Which among the following district is topped in the list?

(a)Begusarai

(b)Ramgarh

(c)Malkangiri

(d)Baramulla

(e)Chhatarpur


6) Which of the following state Government has Started Open-air Classroom ‘Paray Shikshalaya’?

(a) Telangana

(b) West Bengal

(c) Haryana

(d) Bihar

(e) Odisha


7) The Reserve Bank of India has extended restrictions on Karnataka’s Millath Co-Operative Bank under which act?

(a) Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934

(b) Banking Regulation Act, 1949

(c) SARFAESI Act, 2002

(d) Limitation Act, 1963

(e) Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002


8) The PM CARES Fund Corpus  has Tripled to _____________ crore in FY 2020-21.

(a) Rs 10,330 Cr

(b) Rs 10,440 Cr

(c) Rs 10,550 Cr

(d) Rs 10,770 Cr

(e) Rs 10,990 Cr


9) Who among the following has been appointed as the director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Center?

(a) Unnikrishnan Nair

(b) Harish Krishna

(c) Rakesh Nair

(d) Balakrishnanair

(e) Gunasekaran S


10) Medi Buddy has been appointed which of the Bollywood star as its Official Brand Ambassador?

(a) Varun Dhawan

(b) Amitabh Bachchan

(c) Akshay Kumar

(d) Salman Khan

(e) Tiger Shroff


11) Which of the following Union minister has to receive Late Madhavrao Limaye Karyak sham Khaasdar award?                    

(a) Raj Nath Singh

(b). Nirmala Sitharaman

(c)Amit Shah

(d)Nitin Jairam Gadkari

(e)Hardeep Singh Puri


12) The UNEP has signed MoU with Which state government for implementing climate change actions

(a) Kerala

(b) Tamil Nadu

(c) Maharashtra

(d) Madhya Pradesh

(e) Andhra Pradesh


13) Gautam Adanihas overtook Mukesh Ambani to become Asia’s richest person as per which of the following index?

(a)Outlook Magazine

(b) India Today Magazine

(c) Economic Times Index

(d) Forbes Billionaires Index

(e) Bloomberg Billionaires Index


14) Praveen Kumar Sobti died at the age of 74. He was a well-known________________.

(a) Actor

(b) Vocalist

(c) Cricketer

(d) Music Director

(e) Hockey player


15) Which among the following is the Headquarters of Shivalik Small Finance bank?

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Gujarat

(c) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Karnataka

(e) Telangana


Answers :

1) Answer: E

The Reserve Bank of India will observe February 14 to18, 2022 as Financial Literacy week 2022.

The Financial Literacy Week is an initiative by RBI to promote awareness on key topics every year through a focused campaign.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been conducting Financial Literacy Week (FLW) every year since 2016 to propagate financial education messages on a particular theme across the country.

The theme of Financial Literacy week 2022 is: “Go Digital, Go Secure”.


2) Answer: B

A target of all India coal production of 1.2 Billion Tonne upto the year 2023-24 has been fixed.

Auction of commercial mining on Revenue Sharing Mechanism was launched on 18.06.2020.

Under this scheme, total of 2 tranches have been successfully completed.

From these two tranches total of 28 coal mines have been successfully auctioned for which Vesting order have been signed for 27 coal mines.

Coal India Limited (CIL) has envisaged a coal production programme of one Billion Tonne from CIL mines.


3) Answer: D

The Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ashwini Kumar Choubey informed that in pursuance to the economic measures announced by the Government under the ‘AtmaNirbhar Bharat Package’ in May 2020.

This Department had allocated 8 LMT – Lakh Metric Tonnes food grains to all States/UTs under the AtmaNirbhar Bharat Scheme (ANBS) for free of cost distribution to the migrants/stranded migrant persons and those neither covered under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) nor under any State PDS scheme, at the scale of 5 kg per person per month for a period of 2 months of May and June 2020.

All States/UTs had collectively estimated a total of about 2.8 Crore such needy persons and had lifted a total of about 6.4 LMT food grains from the FCI Depots/Central Stocks.


4) Answer: A

Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, and the U.S. Agencyfor International Development (USAID) announced a new partnership under the Sustainable Access to Markets and Resources for Innovative Delivery of Healthcare (SAMRIDH) initiative.

It will improve access to affordable and quality healthcare for vulnerable populations in tier-2 and tier-3 cities, and rural and tribal regions.

This new partnership announced will enhance SAMRIDH’s efforts to reach vulnerable populations, leveraging AIM’s expertise in innovation and entrepreneurship.


5) Answer: C

NITI Aayog has announced the five most improved aspirational districts in the Agriculture and Water Resources sector for December 2021.

Malkangiri in Odisha tops the list.

It is followed by Chhatarpur in Madhya Pradesh and Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir.

Ramgarh in Jharkhand and Begusarai in Bihar also feature in the list.

This is as per NITI Aayog’s Delta Rankings


6) Answer: B

The West Bengal government launched an open-air classroom programme called ParayShikshalaya( Neighborhood Schools) for primary and pre-primary students ( Classes 1 to 7 ).

To encourage students who were forced to drop out of school because of the Covid-19 outbreak to return to school.

The Bengal government has decided to get children accustomed to the physical classes.


7) Answer: B

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended the restrictions on Karnataka’s Millath Co-Operative Bank, Devangere, by another three months till May 7, 2022.

Accordingly, the Reserve Bank of India, in the exercise of powers vested in it under sub-section (1) of Section 35A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

As per the directions issued first on May 10, 2019, withdrawals were capped at Rs 1,000 from any account.

The directions have been periodically extended till now.


8) Answer: E

According to the latest audited statement of PM CARES Funds, the total corpus under the PM CARES Funds in 2020-21 was Rs 10,990.17 crore & Rs 3,976.17 crore was spent from the fund in 2020-21.

The fund’s closing balance as of March 31, 2021, stood at Rs 7,013.99 crore, more than double of Rs 3,076.62 crore.

While Rs 1,000 crore was allotted to states and Union territories for the welfare of migrants, Rs 1,392.82 crore was spent on the procurement of 6.6 crore doses of Covid vaccines.


9) Answer: A

Unnikrishnan Nair S has been appointed as the new director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC).

He will replace S Somanath, who recently took over as the chairman of ISRO.

Nair has BTech in Mechanical Engineering from Kerala University, ME in Aerospace engineering from IISc, Bengaluru and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from IIT(M), Chennai.


10) Answer: B

MediBuddy, one of India’s largest digital healthcare platforms, has signed legendary Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchanas official brand ambassador in a two-year deal.

To make high-quality healthcare available to every Indian family, the platform has been a pioneer in the digital healthcare field.

With this, MediBuddy further aims to amplify its reach in every nook and corner of the country.


11) Answer: D

Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways NitinGadkari, will be conferred for the first time, the KaryakshamKhaasdar (Efficient Member of Parliament) award for the year 2020-21, given in the memory of late MadhavraoLimaye by SarvajanikVachanalay, Nashik.

Earlier, the award was given to an efficient MLA (KaryakshamAamdaar) from Maharashtra.

The award presentation ceremony will be held on February 10, 2022 at Motilal Nehru Marg, New Delhi, at the residence of minister Gadkari.

Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare DrBharatiPawar, MP DrSubhashBhamre, MP HemantGodse and MP VinaySahastrabuddhe will be the chief guests at the function.


12) Answer: C

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Maharashtra government to support its ‘MajhiVasundhara’ campaign, an initiative about the energy and environmental dimensions of sustainable development.

‘MajhiVasundhara’ (literally, My Earth) is an initiative of the Government of Maharashtra’s Environment and Climate Change Department initiative to empower citizens with knowledge on the impacts of climate change and environmental issues and encourage them to make a conscious effort towards improvement of the environment.


13) Answer: E

According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Gautam Adani, the Indian billionaire net worth reached $88.5 billion eclipsing fellow countryman Mukesh Ambani’s $87.9 billion.

With an almost $12 billion jump in his personal fortune, Adani is the world’s biggest wealth-gainer this year.


14) Answer: A

Mahabharat actor-athlete Praveen Kumar Sobti, who played the role of Bheem in the series, and also winning an Asian Games gold medal passed away at the age of 74.

He was also suffering from financial crisis in his last days.

He represented the country across various athletic events in hammer and discus throw and even won four medals at the Asian Games, including two gold medals in 1966 and 1970.


15) Answer: C

Shivalik Mercantile Cooperative Bank HQ: Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh

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